Festivals
Sankranti Gifting: Traditions and Modern Hampers
From sweets and pasupu-kumkum to harvest hampers — how to honour the festival's customs with gifts people enjoy.
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Sankranti is a harvest festival, and its gifts have always been about abundance and good wishes: sweets made with jaggery and sesame, turmeric and kumkum for the women of the house, new clothes and something for the home.
Keep the customs at the centre
- Sweets: sesame laddoos, chikkis and jaggery sweets carry the meaning of the festival.
- Pasupu-kumkum: a turmeric and kumkum set is a respectful gift for married women visiting the home.
- For the home: a rangoli kit for the muggulu, or a brass piece for the pooja room.
A modern harvest hamper
For family who live away, a hamper that brings these together — sweets, a turmeric-kumkum set and a small brass kalash in a jute basket — sends the festival to their door.